Alabama Hospitals See Surplus in ICU Beds After Seeing -120 Last Month
As the Delta variant spread throughout the late summer, at one point Alabama hospitals were down -120 ICU beds. However, as of October 5, we now have a surplus of 107 beds.
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UAB Health System to Require Employees to Get COVID-19 Vaccine
The University of Alabama at Birmingham Health System announced that both employees and others working in its hospitals and clinics must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by Nov. 12.
Back-to-School Vaccination Clinic Offers Free Alabama National Fair Tickets
Multiple city and state departments have partnered with the Alabama National Fair to host a back-to-school COVID-19 vaccination clinic.
Gov. Ivey Announces All People Age 16 and Up Now Eligible for COVID-19 Vaccine
Gov. Kay Ivey has announced that starting Monday, April 5, all Alabamians ages 16+ will be eligible to get a COVID-19 vaccine. She made the announcement while attending the Alabama National Guard’s free vaccination clinic in her hometown of Camden. Ivey says the state is on the path forward in recovering from the pandemic. She says she believes the vaccine…
COVID-19 Vaccine Available at Lowndes Co. Health Department
From the West Alabama Newsroom– Protection from COVID-19 is now available at the Lowndes County Health Department in Hayneville. The Moderna vaccine is currently being administered to frontline healthcare workers and first responders. The vaccine is given in two doses — 30 days apart. “By me working with Collerine Volunteer Fire Department I came on and got it and I’m…
